Need opinions on the Panditigal Novel 7" color

glendalekid · 01-15-2012, 04:31 PM

I have a PRS-505 and love it. When I purchased it, I thought I would have no need for a color screen. I don't read magazines and have no kids young enough for picture books.

However, I have decided that a color screen would be nice for instructional books and videos

I borrow from the library so I don't need wi-fi, complicated apps or book store connections.

I've been looking at the Pandigital Novel 7" with color screen. I hear complaints about the resistive touch screen being difficult. Is this so or not so? Must the pages be turned via the touch screen? In other words, there are no buttons as a secondary choice for navigating on it?

Anyone here who has had experience with this model, especially with reading books or watching videos on it? If so, what do you think about it for these uses?

Does it play nice with Calibre? Can you side-load videos onto it?

Purple Dragon · 01-15-2012, 04:42 PM

This is the ereader that I own. It's not the best one but it's pretty good. It usually works just fine w/calibre. As for videos, the quality is not very good, b/c as far as I can tell, everything must be coverted to mp4 to play. Like an ipod touch the screen turns to which way you're holding it..it can be a nuisance..but you can lock it so it wont change stuff around while reading. Also it does have wi-fi already..it's kind of like an smaller Android Tablet..but you can turn off the wi-fi. If you're just wanting it for an ereader..I may not recommend it. And yes, there are no buttons on it to turn pages, it is all touch screen and comes w/stylus. Sometimes when I touch the screen it highlights a word to look up..so that can be annoying too..But I think I got a decent deal for the price I paid. Hope that helps some.

glendalekid · 01-16-2012, 10:41 AM

Purple Dragon:

Thank you for the information. I am looking to use it to read instruction books, such as for knitting, crocheting. That's why I am thinking about something with color because of the illustrations. I have some videos on quilting which I thought might work on this also. The price around town seems to be reasonable on these right now.

The Terminator · 01-19-2012, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Dragon

Also it does have wi-fi already..it's kind of like an smaller Android Tablet..but you can turn off the wi-fi.

All Android devices can turn off WiFi. And usually cell service/3G also.

01-15-2012, 04:31 PM	#1
glendalekid Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 490454 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Sony 505	Need opinions on the Panditigal Novel 7" color I have a PRS-505 and love it. When I purchased it, I thought I would have no need for a color screen. I don't read magazines and have no kids young enough for picture books. However, I have decided that a color screen would be nice for instructional books and videos I borrow from the library so I don't need wi-fi, complicated apps or book store connections. I've been looking at the Pandigital Novel 7" with color screen. I hear complaints about the resistive touch screen being difficult. Is this so or not so? Must the pages be turned via the touch screen? In other words, there are no buttons as a secondary choice for navigating on it? Anyone here who has had experience with this model, especially with reading books or watching videos on it? If so, what do you think about it for these uses? Does it play nice with Calibre? Can you side-load videos onto it?

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01-15-2012, 04:42 PM	#2
Purple Dragon Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Novel7	This is the ereader that I own. It's not the best one but it's pretty good. It usually works just fine w/calibre. As for videos, the quality is not very good, b/c as far as I can tell, everything must be coverted to mp4 to play. Like an ipod touch the screen turns to which way you're holding it..it can be a nuisance..but you can lock it so it wont change stuff around while reading. Also it does have wi-fi already..it's kind of like an smaller Android Tablet..but you can turn off the wi-fi. If you're just wanting it for an ereader..I may not recommend it. And yes, there are no buttons on it to turn pages, it is all touch screen and comes w/stylus. Sometimes when I touch the screen it highlights a word to look up..so that can be annoying too..But I think I got a decent deal for the price I paid. Hope that helps some.

01-16-2012, 10:41 AM	#3
glendalekid Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 490454 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Sony 505	Purple Dragon: Thank you for the information. I am looking to use it to read instruction books, such as for knitting, crocheting. That's why I am thinking about something with color because of the illustrations. I have some videos on quilting which I thought might work on this also. The price around town seems to be reasonable on these right now.

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